Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Dec 9;13(12):e237764. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237764.
Intubations are important live saving skills to maintain adequate ventilation and oxygenation. Common indications include impending upper airway obstruction, respiratory failure and impaired conscious level. Oral myiasis is an infrequently found disease which is characterised by ectoparasitic infestation of body tissues by fly maggots.We present a case report and share valuable experiences on a patient with massive airway myiasis causing upper airway obstruction which require emergency intubation.
插管是维持充足通气和氧合的重要救生技能。常见的适应症包括即将发生的上呼吸道梗阻、呼吸衰竭和意识水平下降。口腔蝇蛆病是一种罕见的疾病,其特征是蝇蛆对身体组织的外寄生虫感染。我们报告了一例因大量气道蝇蛆病导致上呼吸道梗阻而需要紧急插管的患者,并分享了宝贵的经验。